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CVE-2026-53516

35
FAUCET Score

Better Auth is an authentication and authorization library for TypeScript. Prior to 1.6.11, Better Auth's OAuth callback auto-link gate in handleOAuthUserInfo accepts implicit account linking when the OAuth provider asserts email_verified: true without requiring the local user row's emailVerified field to also be true, allowing an attacker who pre-registers a victim email through /sign-up/email to bind the victim's OAuth identity to the attacker's account. The same primitive affects one-tap, and emailAndPassword.requireEmailVerification: true does not mitigate the link-time verification change. This issue is fixed in version 1.6.11.

First published: Jul 15, 2026Last modified: Jul 15, 2026

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.6.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:better-auth:better_auth:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.3HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.5
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
4.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0015 is in the 3rd percentile among its peer group of 14,855 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
npmpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: better-authFixed in: 1.6.11

Vendor Advisories (1)

npmGHSA-g38m-r43w-p2q7high

Better Auth has an account takeover issue via OAuth auto-link to unverified pre-registered email

Jul 7, 2026

References

github.com / better-auth/better-auth/commit/da7e50beee849c59a2ed1ec6b3a38cc6ab9fb563
Patch
github.com / better-auth/better-auth/pull/9578
Issue TrackingPatch
github.com / better-auth/better-auth/releases/tag/v1.6.11
Release Notes
github.com / better-auth/better-auth/security/advisories/GHSA-g38m-r43w-p2q7
MitigationVendor Advisory